And really is there anything more annoying than the fact that OSU decided to call themselves THE Ohio State University. And all the announcers bought in and when they do those starting lineup things for NFL games on ESPN or NBC where the players say their name and school all the former Buckeyes emphasize THE. Aaaargh.

I know Peter, but at some point you gotta own up to reality. I actually think we were the best team when we played Florida for the championship, but that Troy Smith was out of shape, we got shellshocked when Ginn was hurt, and we otherwise simply forgot to show up. Last year I saw the thumping coming from a mile away. I was actually happy that Penn St. lost last week because it spares us another year of people hating. We need to lie low for a year or two, and when Pryor leads us to an undefeated national championship season, we can tell all of the haters to suck it.

dtro: As a graduate of THE Ohio State University, I have no idea what you're talking about. Would you prefer an indefinite article? I love the THE, and am quite pleased when it annoys people.

Yeah, we deserve a lot of it...it just kills me to hear people say stuff like "Ohi-ya State would win 4 games in the SEC" (and, living in Atlanta for the last 5 years, I've heard a lot of that garbage). But that's what happens when you get beat down two years in a row -- we're gonna have to take one of these teams behind the woodshed to get rid of that stigma. I'd love for it to be Georgia in the Capital One Bowl, but being a Georgia Tech grad and lifelong Buckeyes fan, I'm not sure I could wake up the next day if we lost that game.